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taking four to forty-eight hours — and as soon as it is completed he goes into deep 

 water and returns with a female. He appears to coax and drive her to the nest, 

 and then drives her away after she has spawned. The actions during spawning 

 are described in considerable detail. The male guards the eggs until they hatch 

 — requiring five days at ordinary temperature — and stays by the young until they 

 disperse. The breeding habits ot the large-mouthed and small-mouthed black 

 bass are compared 



In the part dealing with their culture notes are given on the method of feeding, 

 handling and caring for the fish that have been successfully employed at the Mill 

 Creek, Mich., station. L. j. c. 



Smith, Hugh M., and Harron, L. G. Breeding Habits of the Yellow Cat-fish. U. S. Fish Com. 

 Bull, for igo2, pp. 149-154, 1904. 



This paper, though short, gives some very interesting and important notes on 

 the breeding of some yellow cat-fish (Ameiurus nebulosus) in the Bureau of Fish- 

 eries aquaria at Washington. The method of nest-building and caring for the 

 eggs and young corresponds in a general way to that of the bass and the fresh 

 water dogfish (Amia calva), but also differs in several important details. Thus 

 both parents participate in the construction and care of the nest, and the eggs 

 and young fry are often cleaned by being drawn into the mouth and then expelled. 

 It was found that as the young grew older they were not always liberated 

 again, "the feeding instinct becoming paramount to the parental instinct." 



L. J. c. 



BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 



Jennings, H. S. Modifiability in Behavior. I. Behavior of .Sea .Anemones. Reprinted 

 iTomJourn. Exp. Zoiil., Vol. 2, No. 4, Nov. 1905. 



Jennings, H. S. The Method of Regulation in Behavior and in Other Fields. Reprinted from 

 Journ. Exp. Zoot., Vol. 2, No. 4, Nov. 1905. 



Angler, R. P. Die Schatzung von Bewegungsgroszen bei Vorderarmbewegungen. Zeitschr.f. 

 Psychol, u. Physiol. Sinnessorg. Vol. 39, pp. 429-447. 1905. 



Pieron, H. Contribution a Tetude du prob'eme de la reconnaissance chez les Fourmis. Reprint- 

 ed from Comp. Rendus 6me. Congies intern, de ZoSlogie. Berne, 1904. May, 1905. 



Herrick, F. H. Life and Instinct, with a general bibliography of instinct and intelligence in animals. 

 Reprinted from Western Reserve University Bulletin, Vol. 8. 1905. 



Radl, Em. Ueber einige Analogien zwischen der optischen und statischen Orientirung. Arch.f. 

 Anat. u. Phyiol., Physiol. Aht. 1905. 



Sherrington C. S. Ueber das Zusammenwirken der Riickenmarksreflexe und das Prinzip der 

 gemeinsai^ienStrecke. Ke-^rinttd irom Ergehntsse der Physiol., 'P\vysio\. Vol. 4. 1905. 



Phillips, E. F. Structure and Development cf the Compound Eye of the Honey Bee. Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sc. of Phila.,'¥th. 1905. 



Parker, G. H. The Reversal of the Eflective Stroke of the Labial Cilia of Sea-.Anemones by 

 Organic Substances. Amer. Journ. Physiol., Yol. 1^. 1905. 



Parker G. H. The Movements of the Swimming-Plates in Ctenophores, with Reference to the 

 Theories of Ciliary Metachronism. Jour, of Exp. Zoiil., Vol. z. 1905. 



Parker, G. H. The Stimulation of the Integumentary Nerves of Fishes by Light. Anier. Jour, of 

 Physiol. , Vol. l^. 1905. 



